TUESDAY 7 – SUNDAY 19 OCTOBER 2008 www.ardsguitarfestival.co.uk 12th ARDS INTERNATIONAL GUITAR FESTIVAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS FOREWORD Festival Co-ordinators Emily Walsh and Tania-Lee Calvert Hello and welcome to tHe 12th ards Programming Consultants Alan Bearman and Paul McMordie InternatIonal GuItar FestIval and IInn Press/Marketing Anna Shiels our vIew tHe best lIne-up we’ve Had yet! Programme Design Tandem We have a fab line-up in store with five days of the finest in blues, Web Design Sinful Design rock, folk, bluegrass and jazz guitar music. Festival Compère Kresanna Aigner The Queen’s Hall will see an extra night of action with the addition of a Thursday night gig featuring the legendary Peter Rowan and Special thanks go to Adele Ingram-Magee, Stevie Wright, Marty Coney, Ernie McMillen, not forgetting an action packed tribute to Irish rock by local bands. Darren Porter and Paul O’Neill. We couldn’t do it without you! The party will continue each night with superb performances at The Ivy Bar featuring the Dave Allen Band, Grainne Duffy, The Deans, We would also like to thank the following organisations for their time, energy, dedication the Flamingo Brothers & Simon McBride amongst others. For the and generous support in providing assistance with the delivery of the 2008 festival: more hands on approach, sign up for a workshop or take an exclusive - Ards Borough Council - The Arts Council of Northern Ireland tour of the Avalon Guitar Factory. - Ards Arts Committee - The PRS Foundation The Fringe Festival has proven so popular that we’ve added extra - Avalon - Ossia Music performances kindly facilitated by the Streat and the Open House. - The Ivy Bar - One A Chord Music Promotions - The Streat - Open House Coffee Company Pull up a chair, grab a coffee and experience for free, some of the best singer/songwriters around. From everyone at the Festival, a huge thank you for your continued support and for making the festival what it is today – a blast! SPONSORS Emily Walsh & Tania-Lee Calvert Festival Co-ordinators GIG GUIDE/TICKET PRICES 2008 SPECIAL FESTIVAL TICKETS £55 PLEASE SEE INSIDE BACK COVER FOR INFORMATION ON SPECIAL FESTIVAL TICKET ARTISTS LISTED IN REVERSE ORDER OF APPEARANCE DATE PERFORMER VENUE PRICE DATE PERFORMER VENUE PRICE 8.00pm Gordon Giltrap Queen’s Hall £18/£15 Bob Brozman Tues, 7th October Guy Buttery 7.30pm The final of the Avalon Singer/ Ards Arts Centre FREE 10.30pm Simon McBride Ivy Bar £5 Songwriter Competition 2008 BYO Refreshments Sat, 18th October 12.00pm Tour of Avalon Factory Avalon FREE Fri, 10th October 12.00pm – 1.00pm Wes Grierson The Streat FREE 7.00pm The Final of the Last Standing Ivy Bar £5 1.00pm – 2.00pm Michael E Thomas Open House FREE Competition 2008 1.00pm Tour of Avalon Factory Avalon FREE 1.00pm – 2.30pm Workshop – Guy Buttery Arts Centre £5 Sat, 11th October 3.00pm – 4.30pm Workshop – Adrian Legg Arts Centre £5 7.30pm Irish Rock Night Queen’s Hall £5 3.00pm Classical Guitar Society Arts Centre FREE 4.00pm Guy Buttery Ivy Bar £5 Sun, 12th October 7.30pm Iain Archer Band Queen’s Hall £18/£15 8.00pm Folk Night* Ivy Bar FREE Adrian Legg Johnny Dickinson & Paul Lamb Mon, 13th October Ken Haddock 8.00pm Holywood Folk Club* Ivy Bar FREE 10.30pm Grainne Duffy Ivy Bar £5 Tues, 14th October Sun, 19th October 8.00pm Ivy Metal Night* Ivy Bar FREE 12.30pm Dave Allen Band Ivy Bar £5 Wed, 15th October 3.00pm Final Concert: Ivy Bar £5 12.00pm – 1.00pm Leah Jordan The Streat FREE Adrian Legg 1.00pm – 2.00pm Eilidh Patterson Open House FREE Sarah McQuaid 8.00pm Girls with ‘G’ Strings Ivy Bar £5 The Flamingo Brothers Avalon Singer/Songwriter winner Thurs, 16th October 12.00pm – 1.00pm Joan McEldowney The Streat FREE 1.00pm – 2.00pm The Grazin Hussies Open House FREE PLEASE REFER TO THE MAP ON THE BACK PAGE FOR VENUE LOCATION. 8.00pm Peter Rowan Queen’s Hall £15/£12 *THIS IS AN IVY BAR EVENT, PLEASE CONTACT 028 9181 3063 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. Trent Wagler & Jay Lapp 10.30pm The Deans Ivy Bar £5 KRESANNA AIGNER IS… YOUR FESTIVAL COMPÈRE Fri, 17th October 1.00pm Tour of Avalon Factory Avalon FREE Kresanna has worked in the music business for over 18 years and her skills have 12.00pm – 1.00pm The Preacher & Mrs Magee The Streat FREE spanned music and tour management, programme consultancy and event management. 1.00pm – 2.00pm Ted Magee & Graham Boyd Open House FREE She has also worked for a number of Festivals throughout the UK. In 2007 Kresanna was invited to present radio U105’s Homemade Jam, programming music from all over Ireland of all genres with weekly live guests and hot tips on international artists touring, and of course news of festivals taking place. 06 | 07 IRISH ROCK NIGHT PETER ROWAN TRENT WAGLER & JAY LAPP SATURDAY, 11TH OCTOBER THURSDAY, 16TH OCTOBER THURSDAY, 16TH OCTOBER number of teachers at Old Town School of QueeN’s HaLL / 8.00PM QueeN’s HaLL / 8.00PM QueeN’s HaLL / 8.00PM Folk Music (Chicago) and is currently playing full time with the Goldmine Pickers, Trent An evening for all ages! Local bands pay Peter Rowan was one of the major cult Trent Wagler was born to a Mennonite family Wagler, and other artists. tribute to some of the greatest Irish rock bluegrass artists of the 80s, winning a in the small town of Bean Blossom, IN. bands. Thin Lizzy, Horslips and Rory devoted, international fan base through his As early as 4 years old, Trent was singing Gallagher to mention but a few… independent records and constant touring. gospel music on stage with the Wagler Family www.trentwagler.com Quartet. In 2002 Trent began playing solo, www.myspace.com/jaylapp He was born in Boston, Massachusetts; developing his own unique mix of traditional many of his relatives were musicians, and it and original roots music pulling from the seemed only natural that Rowan too would Shenandoah Valley’s rich musical heritage become one. Growing up he frequently hung and his own musical background. In 2005 out at the Hillbilly Ranch, where he heard the Steel Wheels joined Trent’s passionate such bluegrass and old-time bands as the vocals and raw energy with Eric Brubaker’s Lilly Brothers. A skilled singer/songwriter, masterful fiddle and Brian Dickel’s solid Rowan also yodeled, and played numerous bass. In September 2006 they released stringed instruments and the saxophone. Blue Heaven, a 14 song combination of traditional and original material including Rowan formed the Tex-Mex band the Cupids Jay Lapp on mandolin and guitars. whilst in high school and in 1963 joined the Cambridge-based Mother Bay State Jay Lapp grew up in the Mennonite church; Entertainers as a mandolin player and his mother Anita showed him his first chords singer, appearing on their LP The String and it was on from there. Growing up in the Band Project. In 1964, after performing church also provided the opportunity to be with Jim Rooney and Bill Keith, Rowan influenced by four-part harmony singing that became a rhythm guitarist and lead singer Mennonites are known for. He purchased with Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys. and built a recording studio in the early 2000’s making it possible to start the grass roots approach of music reproduction and www.peterrowan.com producing. He has since spent time with a 08 | 09 THE DEANS GORDON GILTRAP THURSDAY, 16TH OCTOBER He immediately offered to work with them. In FRIDAY, 17TH OCTOBER Over the years, Gordon has worked with a IVY BAR / 10.30PM 2007, The Deans fulfilled the dream of every QueeN’s HaLL / 8.00PM broad range of artists, from Brian May, Rick rock band when they recorded with the late, Wakeman and Midge Ure to the jazz virtuoso The Deans were formed in February of great Rory Gallagher gaining permission to Gordon’s obsession with stringed instruments Martin Taylor, the classical guitarist Raymond 2006 and consists of three very talented record with Rory’s original multi-track. They began at the age of nine, when a friend turned Burley and the London Symphony Orchestra. teenage musicians. Gavin Dean, the lead have also recorded with four of the greatest up at the house with an out-of-tune Spanish In 1996, Gordon realised a dream of playing guitarist and vocalist, his older brother guitarists in Irish rock history and began guitar. Keen to encourage his new hobby, his guitar alongside Cliff Richard, on stage in Gary plays bass and Gary Keon is laying down tracks with Henry McCullough parents bought him a plastic ukulele with Cliff’s West End musical Heathcliff. As well on drums. (Wings, Joe Cocker), Jackie McAuley (Van a picture of Elvis on the headstock, then a as performing in the role of The Troubadour, Morrison, Rick Wakeman), Johnny Fean Martin Coletti archtop jazz guitar. Without Gordon arranged the overture and wrote two In 2006, Kit Woolven the legendary engineer (Horslips) and Eric Bell (Thin Lizzy). a teacher to guide him, Gordon unwittingly pieces of music. and Dave Gilmore, producer of Thin Lizzy taught himself a hybrid technique of plectrum and Pink Floyd watched them perform at a In June 2006 the Deans released their and little finger, but in doing so, created the There is currently no sign of Gordon hanging sold-out concert in Richmond, West London. sensational debut album called One, written individual sound that is still his trademark. up his guitars! and composed by Gavin Dean in the style of true classic blues/rock.